Actually, when Du Guangyuan rose into the air to unleash his powers, several lines of sight were already locked onto him, ready to intervene, except for Pei Yan. But who would have thought that a dog would steal the initiative.

Du Guangyuan was fuming. He hadn't really sustained any injuries, but it was disgusting how the mutt didn't even regard him as an enemy. Instead, it treated him like a chew toy, biting and licking him, drenching his face with saliva.

Enraged, Du Guangyuan stretched both hands forward, his fingertips piercing the dog's body effortlessly like sharp swords. In a blink, Trash howled mournfully to the sky and convulsed continuously. Soon, the massive body of the dog withered and dried up, eventually turning into a dried corpse, which Du Guangyuan kicked aside.

"Trash!" Although he had no attachment to the dog, it was still part of their side's fighting force. Seeing it killed so effortlessly, Pei Yan was both furious and bewildered as he looked at his companions' indifferent expressions. Did they not care simply because it was a dog?

But how could Shangxing have such an expression? He would never think like that!

Looking at Pei Yan's questioning gaze, Shangxing swayed as he stood up and calmly said, "Don't worry, Trash can't die from this. Such damage can't take its life!"

"Yeah, right! My recovery ability compared to it is like a child's play, uh! No! Worlds apart. You could say it's practically immortal!" Xia Yu propped his arm on a hammer and remarked, recalling the recovery ability tests he participated in with Trash.

Immortal?

"Ptooey! Ptooey!" As Pei Yan was puzzling over this, Du Guangyuan had already climbed to his feet, spitting bitterly. The formerly kind-looking elder image was now completely gone, his hair plastered into a damp clump by the saliva, hanging over his head. As he shook off the sticky liquid from his face, murderous intent glinted in his eyes as he scanned the battlefield, as if he intended to eliminate all who witnessed his disgrace.

Before he could unleash his fury, he felt the ground beneath him tremble slightly. Knowing this was not good, Du Guangyuan leapt forward, turning and firing a stream of blood arrows from his palms at an attacker attempting to ambush him.

Thud, thud, thud! Over a dozen blood arrows embedded into Trash's massive body. As he ran, his body stumbled as if drunk, skidding to a stop, and he collapsed in front of Du Guangyuan.

Du Guangyuan looked in shock at the giant husky that had fainted before him, unable to comprehend how it was alive when he had clearly drained its blood earlier.

But none of that mattered now. Those dozens of blood arrows were mixed with the most poisonous blood in existence, sealing a throat with blood! This dumb creature had no internal protection and took the full brunt of the blood arrow attack; it was undoubtedly doomed.

With that thought, Du Guangyuan lowered his head and breathed a sigh of relief. Suddenly, he felt a shadow cast over him, knowing immediately what it was without even looking. Cursing, he prepared to launch an attack when Trash's massive paw swung down, the thick pads making contact with his body. Suddenly, the temperature soared, becoming scorching hot, as if he were in a high-temperature furnace.

"Boom!"

Unable to watch, Pei Yan opened his eyes. In the red glow as Trash swung his paw, Du Guangyuan's body flew out horizontally, crashing into several unlucky souls along the way, before heavily impacting the solid prison wall of the Secret Prison.

"Wretched beast, die!!" Furious and humiliated, Du Guangyuan finally started to take this disastrous beast seriously. With a roar, he stretched both palms forward. Trash, who was charging at him, was lifted into the air uncontrollably, soaring high up. Then, three blood pillars rose abruptly from the ground, pointing skyward. As Du Guangyuan slammed his hand down, Trash's suspended body plummeted, smashing directly onto the blood pillars, which pierced through Trash's body, three tips protruding outward.

Du Guangyuan gazed at the giant dog skewered by the blood forks, its mournful howls continuous. His resentment was undiminished, but he had no time for this beast now, as time had dragged on too long. He must advance into the Secret Prison swiftly.

Fixing his gaze on the Secret Prison, sensing the powerful auras revealed earlier, Du Guangyuan retrieved a small bottle from his storage ring, emptied a blood-red pill into his mouth. As the blood energy dissolved and surged within him, he was filled with power once more. It was time to see the opponent's trump card.

"Awoooo! Awoooo!" A chorus of howls interrupted Du Guangyuan's advance. He stiffly turned his head to see the large dog on the blood fork, its body being torn and stretched until it was a mutilated mess. After a few mournful howls, the dog's body split, dividing into three giant dogs.

Trash and its doubles now had no clarity in their eyes like when lunging at Shangxing earlier. Their eyes were bloodshot red with rage, triggered entirely by the pain they just endured. The three giant dogs trampled the ground, indiscriminately sweeping away everyone in their path as they charged at Du Guangyuan.

"Persistent and clueless pest, I'll send you on your way now!" Similarly enraged, Du Guangyuan cursed as he charged right at Trash.

When Trash was trapped, Pei Yan was about to step forward to assist but was held back by Shangxing, who told him not to get close to Trash now. With its intelligence, it would only have one enemy fixed in its sights, and charging at it would only split its already limited attention further.

Seeing Shangxing's confidence in Trash, Pei Yan stopped intervening and turned back to the battlefield, targeting remaining Devouring Demon stragglers. By now the battlefield was littered with corpses and rivers of blood. Aside from Du Guangyuan fighting with Trash, the battle between Wei Tianhe and Zhao Liben was equally thrilling, affecting over half the battlefield.

It was from Shangxing's words that Pei Yan learned, despite Zhao Liben's unimpressive appearance, he and Wei Tianhe were both level six awakened ability users. Those leaders fought against Dong Shigang that day also belonged to this tier.

While fighting, Pei Yan kept an eye on Zhao Liben's battle, ordering the nanobots scattered throughout the area to record everything. Observing this, he couldn't help but sigh inwardly. As expected of a level six awakened ability user, even with his dual abilities, he was still no match. Weighing the thoughts, he concluded he'd need to reach the fourth tier of awakening, the first threshold for ability users, before possibly qualifying to duel with them.

As he fought and mused, a streak of light flashed in the sky, revealing a weathered figure appearing mid-air. As the figure descended, his gaze swept over the entire battlefield, locking onto Pei Yan in moments, and simultaneously, Pei Yan locked onto him!

"Pei Yan!"

"Liang Guangsheng!"

"Summon!" Before Liang Guangsheng even steadied himself, he opened his arms, conjuring a void gate behind him. Subsequently, the ground trembled as over a hundred steel velociraptors strode through the gate into the battlefield.